The Herndon Bird Club SPRING BIRD COUNT will be held a week from Saturday, April 27. The count covers the five counties: Washington, Carter, Sullivan, Unicoi and Johnson. The seven counting group leaders, areas and participants are listed at the end of this message. The COMPILATION will be at Sycamore Shoals in Elizabethton on Sunday, April 28. Meet at 3:00 p.m. at the picnic tables. In case of rain, meet inside. *********************************************************************************** The regular May CLUB MEETING will be held Tuesday, May 7, at 7:00 p.m. in the Science Building at Milligan College in Elizabethton. Come up the entry road into the College, turn right just past the Gregory Center (on the right) into the parking lot. The Science Building is straight ahead as you come into the parking lot. The meeting will be in a room on the right just as you enter the Science Building. Agenda items include possible planning of a club field trip in mid-May, election of officers, discussion of the Summer Bird Count, and planning of nightjar surveys. After the meeting, those interested will go to the nearby Patton Cemetery to listen for Chuck-will's-widows. The program for the May 7 meeting will be a presentation by Paul and Emily Bayes entitled: Winter Birds of Florida Prior to the Tuesday, May 7, meeting, some members will meet at Bellacino's Italian Restaurant on South Roan St. (Food City Parking Lot) in Johnson City around 5:30 p.m. to eat and socialize before the meeting. ALL are INVITED and WELCOME to the meeting and to Bellacino's. If you have questions on the meeting, location, or other club business, please send me email or call. Thank you. ************************************************************************************ More details on the Spring Count--group leaders, areas, participants: Area of Ripshin and Roan Mountain--Fred Alsop--meet at 5:30 a.m. at the Milligan College Parking Lot Group includes Jim and Darla Anderson Area of Sycamore Shoals to Wilbur Overlook, Stoney Creek and Holston Mtn.--Gary Wallace and Bryan Stevens Group includes Brookie and Jean Potter and Stephanie Shafer Area of Hampton, Dennis Cove, Upper Watauga Lake--Tom McNeil, Rob Biller and Nora Schubert Area of Unicoi County and Charlie Carson Road in Washington County--Joe McGuiness and Kim Stroud Group includes Kathy Noblet and Mary Anna Wheat Area of Shady Valley and S. Holston Lake--Glen Eller Group includes Jerry Bevins, Roy Knispel, and Harry Lee Farthing Area of Washington County--Gil Derouen and Jim D. Anderson Group includes Barney Keffer and Paul and Emily Bayes Area of North side of Boone Lake and around Tri-cities Airport--Charles Moore and Reece Jamerson If you would like to participate, contact the leader of the group you would like to bird with or contact Rick Knight email: rknight8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or myself. Roy Knispel, Pres. Lee & Lois Herndon Chapter, TOS Phone: 423-202-7802 Cell: 920-203-0332 Email: rknispel@xxxxxxxxxxx